Your car knows you’re hungry—the aim plan to put sponsored ads on your car’s infotainment screen, giving automakers a lucrative revenue stream.

From ten-minute real estate lectures in 1922 to six-second audio stings, the radio ads have been among one of the most memorable jingles, that we still remember.

The entertainment systems in modern vehicles is akin to a small in-dash computer, and handles all manner of digital content. It probably also incorporates a radio, but increasingly that’s treated as ...